Pune: U Mumba won comfortably against hosts Puneri Paltan despite fielding a second string team in a Pro Kabaddi Season Two contest at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Kreeda Nagari here yesterday.

Having established an unassailable lead atop the league table, the Mumbai coach E Bhaskaran indicated the confidence he had in his youngsters by not fielding any of his first seven and going ahead with the bench strength. There was no Anup Kumar, no Shabeer Bapu or say a Rishank Devadiga or even a Mohit Chhillar and yet they inflicted two all-outs on their next door neighbours, winning 39-34.